APA Dictionary of Psychology

stress test

Updated on 04/19/2018

an examination or evaluation designed to ascertain an individual’s capacity to perform a relatively complex task under purposefully stressful conditions.
a medical evaluation designed to assess the effects of stress, typically induced by physical exercise, on cardiac function. The most common of such procedures is a test in which the patient walks or runs on a treadmill while cardiac, respiratory, or other physiological processes are monitored.
in multidimensional scaling, a measure that indicates the reliability or goodness of fit of the solution. Stress tests also are used to determine the number of dimensions to be included in the scaling solution.

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